Northborough, Massachusetts, 1887 – Antique Map Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Northborough, Massachusetts, 1887, an antique map rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: View of Northborough, Massachusetts, 1887
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Northborough, Massachusetts, 1887
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Northborough, a farming and mill town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, was drawn in this 1887 bird's-eye view at a time when central Massachusetts was still shaped by water power and the railroad. Small mills along the Assabet River turned out goods for regional markets, and the nearby city of Worcester, a growing center of manufacturing, drew workers and produce from surrounding towns like this one. Most residents would have known Northborough as a community of village streets, churches, and schoolhouses, with farms reaching to its edges. The view records each building as it stood in 1887, so it doubles as a record of which houses, mills, and churches were there before the twentieth century changed the town.
| Created / published | 1887 |
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| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Northborough, Massachusetts, drawn in 1887. Bird's-eye view maps were drawn by travelling artists who walked a town street by street, sketching every building from an imagined vantage point in the air, then sold the finished lithograph door to door by subscription. Roughly five thousand American towns were recorded this way between the 1860s and the 1920s, and for many of them the panoramic map is the most complete picture of the place that survives. Reproduced from the original in the Library of Congress collections. Printed to order on archival paper. Free shipping on all US orders. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Massachusetts |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,448 × 5,968 px · prints to 28 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | View of Northborough, Massachusetts, 1887 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488943 |
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